Samuel Miller Sr. was born on April 24, 1884, at former German
village of Kornenthal, Crimea, Russia (today Ukraine). His parents
were Stephan and Katherine Leithold Miller. Samuel learned blacksmithing
from Samuel Stern in Kronenthal. Samuel married Maria Boeckel in
1906.

Samuel and Maria Miller came to the United States on the ship,
Lusitania, landing at New York, on June 26, 1910. Maria died accidentally
near Golden Valley, ND, in 1914. In 1927, Samuel married Louisa
Harsch. Samuel died on September 3, 1964. He is buried at St. James
Lutheran Cemetery north of Golden Valley, Mercer County, North Dakota.

Photographs and text courtesy of Mal Miller, son of Samuel
Miller, Jr. and grandson of Samuel Miller, Sr., Golden Valley, North
Dakota